Need advice on how to proceed regarding the 4.3 policy

I have several game apps, in most of them I have two versions: Paid & Free w Ads+IAP.
I have not updated them in a while, and for what I have read, I will most probably be hit with the 4.3 policy when I update.
So I'm thinking on removing the Paid versions, as the Free ones make more $, the bad thing on this is that I'll also lose some Bundles that contain many of the Paid versions, and often get sales from the bundles.
So what you guys recommend ???, remove from sale the Paid ones ?, Delete them instead ?, Update and see what happens ?, I'm not sure about that last one since I don't want to be flagged.

By going to his developer site, boviosoft.com. His older ID was @vbovio and he listed his site on his details page. His current ID @macanacas will soon be banned. You're only allowed one ID per user. I am leaving this thread up for now, as a courtesy.

I submitted paid and free recently and it was fine too. Is that really part of it?

I think what it comes down to is this. If you've been flagged by Apple, you will wear the Crimson Letter pretty much forever, as it becomes part of your developer file. If you haven't been flagged consider yourself lucky. There is no rhyme or reason as to how and when Apple will flag you. Depends on the reviewer, and it also depends if that reviewer is on the rag. But once flagged, they will always review your new apps and updates with more scrutiny. For a while, Apple was hitting developers hard and heavy. Perhaps they have backed down a bit? Transparency was never Apple's strong point.

Not sure I have actually heard of anyone being flagged for having a paid and free app combo. They seemed to be cracking down on people who have many similar apps (e.g. travel app with a variation for each region).

Well Apple do strongly recommend you go down the freemium route. Seems a bit harsh to insist older apps are changed though. Saying that, not much doing in Paid apps these days unless you are high in the charts.

Well Apple do strongly recommend you go down the freemium route. Seems a bit harsh to insist older apps are changed though. Saying that, not much doing in Paid apps these days unless you are high in the charts.

You're completely clueless. Just because it has not happened to you, does not make all those developers wrong. Give it time. You will be singing a different tune then.

Apple now rejects paid and freemium apps if they have same icon (4.3 Design Spam). Appeal to app review board doesn't help, even though the apps exist since years.
It will be interesting if Shazam (now owned by Apple) paid and freemium apps will get different icons too. Probably not.

Apple now rejects paid and freemium apps if they have same icon (4.3 Design Spam). Appeal to app review board doesn't help, even though the apps exist since years.
It will be interesting if Shazam (now owned by Apple) paid and freemium apps will get different icons too. Probably not.

That really sucks. Apple should grandfather in older paid and free apps if they comply with the new SDKs. To ban things that they once approved with open arms is just not right.

When Apple needed us indies to develop and enlarge the store, they loved us. Now... not so much. They evidently want us all gone.

Apple is killing small business... in many cases a developer's livelihood.

In my experience they have never allowed you to have the same icon for paid and free apps, you used to have to perhaps put ‘free’ or ‘lite’ on the icon of the freemium version or otherwise change it slightly, different colour scheme, icon colour surround etc.

Of course nowadays you cannot put the word “free”’on the icon artwork, but generally speaking different icons have always been needed, certainly in the last 3-4 years.